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Rowing is hard work
When after 20 weeks of pregnancy an echo is made of the foetus it can turn out that not all is perfectly in order. When during the pregnancy the foetus is diagnozed with spina bifida in 80% of the cases in The Netherlands the future parents decide to abort the pregnancy. This is WAAAYYYY too much! This is mainly because physicians always paint a worst case scenario which scares the future parents. I myself am the living proove that you can live a good life with spina bifida. Before I was born my parents were told that I could never walk and live a good life. Those of you who know me know better.
Today I turned in photos for an assignment. This is one of the selected photos for a booklet about kids with spina bifida and their families. In this booklet they tell their story and it also give future parents some information about what to expect and how to deal with the situation.
In this photo you see 11 years old Erin. He is a very positive kid with a wonderful attitude and sense of humour. In the past he practiced wheel chair hockey, Jiu Jitsu and currently he is very determined to make it in sport rowing. On the day that I came to photograph him he was training and was very determined to show me what he could do. After 4 km of rowing he was exhausted but very proud of himself. Afterwards his parents told me that he was scouted by the Dutch rowing association for the paralympic team to represent his country in the future.
Rowing is hard work
When after 20 weeks of pregnancy an echo is made of the foetus it can turn out that not all is perfectly in order. When during the pregnancy the foetus is diagnozed with spina bifida in 80% of the cases in The Netherlands the future parents decide to abort the pregnancy. This is WAAAYYYY too much! This is mainly because physicians always paint a worst case scenario which scares the future parents. I myself am the living proove that you can live a good life with spina bifida. Before I was born my parents were told that I could never walk and live a good life. Those of you who know me know better.
Today I turned in photos for an assignment. This is one of the selected photos for a booklet about kids with spina bifida and their families. In this booklet they tell their story and it also give future parents some information about what to expect and how to deal with the situation.
In this photo you see 11 years old Erin. He is a very positive kid with a wonderful attitude and sense of humour. In the past he practiced wheel chair hockey, Jiu Jitsu and currently he is very determined to make it in sport rowing. On the day that I came to photograph him he was training and was very determined to show me what he could do. After 4 km of rowing he was exhausted but very proud of himself. Afterwards his parents told me that he was scouted by the Dutch rowing association for the paralympic team to represent his country in the future.